Medical anthropology uses interdisciplinary perspectives and fieldwork to study illness, healing, and well-being across social contexts. We’ll critically examine how new technologies reshape boundaries between nature and culture, normal and pathological, and care itself. Exploring structural violence and embodied practices, the course frames health as both a struggle against death and a human right. Students will learn ethnographic methods, engage ethical debates, and develop community-engaged and artistic projects that experiment with modes of expression and explore alternative forms of solidarity and care emerging amid new scales of harm.
